April 2014

Oh, the Academy Awards. The one night every year where the American film industry comes together to celebrate the best, most innovative and most thought-provoking films of the past year, then hand awards to whatever the Weinstein Brothers produced.
There’s a beauty, however, among the parasitic

What’s making the rounds of student activism recently? The notion that Australia’s Group of Eight (Go8) universities have abandoned students’s interests in a submission to the current federal government higher education review. The National Day of Action, concurrently organised in March by the National Union

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." – Evelyn Hall on Voltaire
A disturbing trend has emerged amongst those who identify with progressive politics. It is a preoccupation with the stifling of humour that is perceived

The “March in March” rallies held around Australia, perhaps more than emphasising the various grievances the left have with the Abbott government's policies, called into question the effectiveness of mass protest as a political weapon.
It was not the outpour of genuine, often heartfelt sentiment from protesters,

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Overworked and under qualified staff, course software that isn’t compatible with assistive learning technologies, and a lack of student note takers are among a growing list of concerns about the services for students with disabilities

Last issue, Tharunka reported changes to the procedures for late withdrawal from courses. The changes, due to come into effect in semester 2 2014 or semester 1 2015, will record withdrawals on transcripts, replacing the current procedure of erasing courses entirely. While much of the